Display-stand.



I No. 890,886. 7 PATENTBD JUNE 16, 1908.

F. W. & G. W. WOBLZ.

DISPLAY STAND.

APPLICATION FILED D110. 20. 1907,

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No. 890,886. PATENTED JUNE 16, 1908. F. W. 82; G. W. WOBLZ. DISPLAYSTAND. APPLICATION FILED 11110.20. 1901.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRED W. WOELZ AND GEORGE W. WOELZ, OF APPLETON, WISCONSIN.

DISPLAY-STAND.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 16, 1908.

Application filed December 20, 1907. Serial No. 407,411.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, FRED W. WOELZ and GEORGE W. WoELz, citizens of theUnited States, residing at Appleton, in the county of Outagamie andState of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inDisplay-Stands, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings.

Our invention relates to improvements in display stands and particularlyto improvements in racks for holding postal-cards and the like; and anobject of our invention is to provide a device of this character whichwill be exceedingly simple and cheap in its construction.

In the drawings illustrating the principle of our invention and the bestmode now known to us of applying that principle, Figure 1 is anelevation, partly in section; Fig. 2 is a section on line AA of Fig. 1,looking down; and Fig. 3 is a sectional detail illustrating the mode ofpivoting the device.

The base a is provided With the feet I) and with a central aperturethrough which passes the threaded end 0 of a central supporting post,which in the case shown is a wroughtiron pipe (I. The threaded end 0 isheld in place by the nuts e. Into the upper end of the wrought-iron pipe(1 is driven the pivot f upon which rests the cap 9. The latter isscrewed to the threaded upper end of a tin pipe 7L upon which are alsoscrewed the nuts i between which is held adjustably a ring or collarformed with a series of radially-disposed card-holder supports it. Thelower end of the tin pipe h is provided with a second series ofradially-disposed card-holder supports m. The card-holders n are slippedinto channels or grooves in the card-holder supports 76, m, and the ringor collar j, which is screwed on the threaded top of the tin-pipe h, isso adjusted that the card-holders n are frictionally held in theirsupports 7c, m. So far as known to us, it is new to provide a ring orcollar formed with a series of radially-disposed card-holder supportsand adjustable along the pipe h in the manner hereinbefore described.

It will be noted that the device is eXceedingly simple in constructionand that the cost of its manufacture will be very small compared withdevices now in common use. Further, the weight of the construction isborne by the end of the pivot f.

We claim:

1. A display stand consisting of a central supporting post the upper endof which is formed with a pivot; a pipe through which said post extends,said pipe being provided at its lower end with a series ofradially-disposed card-holder supports and at its upper end with a capwhich rests upon said pivot, said upper end being threaded; a ringmounted on said pipe at its upper end below said cap, said ring beingprovided with a second series of radially-disposed card-holder supports;locking nuts which removably and adjustably hold said ring in place uponsaid pipes upper end; and card-holders mounted in said card-holdersupports.

2. A display stand consisting of a central supporting post the upper endof which is formed with a pivot; a pipe through which said post extends,said pipe being formed with a series of radially-extending cardholdersupports at its lower end and at its upper end with a cap Which restsupon said pivot; a ring removably and adjustably held upon the upper endof said pipe and provided with a second series of radiallyextend ingcard-holder supports; and card-holders mounted in said card-holdersupports.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands at said Appletonthis 18th day of December, 1907, in the presence of the two undersignedwitnesses.

FRED W. WOELZ. GEORGE W. WOELZ. Witnesses:

J. P. FRANK, ELSIE KOFFEND.

